Task force to protect environment
The deputy commissioner (DC) of Dhaka district has decided to form a task force of concerned government authorities to protect against environmental pollution, especially water pollution, air pollution
New Age (Bangladesh)
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REALISING EXTRA FARE IN CNG-RUN BUSES
The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority continued drive against collection of extra fare from passengers in CNG-run buses in Dhaka, filing 22 cases and realising Tk 19,700 in fines on Wednesday. The BRTA along with the Dhaka Metropolitan Police in their special drive also seized 10 vehicles and filed 107 cases against motor vehicles and drivers for not having valid documents and flouting traffic rules.
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Thoughtless tourism damaging ecosystems, natural habitats
Lack of proper guidelines has led to unplanned construction of structures in tourist sites and thoughtless commercial tourism, causing massive damages to ecosystem and natural habitat of wildlife and marine life in forests, sea and plain as well as on hills, conservationists warn. Tourism business has proliferated in recent years taking a growing number of travellers from home and abroad to major tourist attractions and exploring new spots, but operators care little about protecting the ecosystem of particular sites, they point out.
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Cyclone Nargis intensifies further
Tropical cyclone Nargis, staying west-central and adjoining southwest and southeast Bay of Bengal, has taken the shape of a very severe cyclonic storm, intensifying further Tuesday evening, said the Storm Warning Centre. After intensifying into a very severe cyclonic storm, Nargis at 10:30pm lay centred over near latitude 14.0 degrees north and longitude 85.0 degrees east about 1,155 kilometres southwest of Chittagong port, 1,090 kilometres southwest of Cox's Bazar port and 1,030 kilometres south-southwest of Mongla port.
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Body to promote telemedicine and e-Health in country
The Bangladesh Society for Telemedicine and e-Health, a newly formed organisation, on Tuesday said it would work for the promotion of e-Health and telemedicine-related services in Bangladesh.
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30 hurt as tornado hits Lalmonirhat villages
At least 30 people were injured and 200 houses damaged as a tornado lashed 12 villages in two upazilas in Lalmonirhat Monday night. Several hundred trees were also blown over at Adimari and in the district headquarters. Villagers said the tornado started sweeping the villages at about 9:30pm. Many of the injured were admitted to Aditmari Health Complex and Lalmonirhat General Hospital.
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UN, World Bank to tackle food crisis
UN agencies and the World Bank pledged on Tuesday to set up a task force to tackle an unprecedented rise in global food prices that is threatening to spread social unrest. The international bodies called on countries not to restrict exports of food to secure supplies at home, warning that could make the problem worse.
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CHT malaria prevalence declines
THE prevalence of malaria has declined to a significant extent in the Chittagong Hill Tracts following a project undertaken by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and funded by the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria with a tune of $39.06 million one dollar is equal to 68 taka).
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No respite from mosquito menace in Rajshahi
Mosquito menace continues to frustrate people in the Rajshahi city in the absence of any drive during the past three months. The Rajshahi City Corporation has not yet taken any initiative to protect the dwellers from mosquito hazards because of fund constraints.
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Locals to protect five villages from erosion
AN INITIATIVE has been taken by the local people at five villages
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DMCH to come under waste management
Dhaka Medical College Hospital will be brought under the medical wastes management programme soon as part of the initiative to reduce the risk of health hazards. The DMCH nurses, ward boys and management staff are being imparted training and an orientation programme for the physicians will be held on completion of the training to start waste management, sources at Prism Bangladesh, an NGO working for medical waste management in the capital, said.